linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: Fix return value mismatch of function gpiod_get_from_of

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:06:10 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Waibel Georg <Georg.Waibel@...sor-technik.de>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Support Opensource <support.opensource@...semi.com>,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Sangbeom Kim <sbkim73@...sung.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        "linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
        <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: Fix return value mismatch of function
 gpiod_get_from_of_node()

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 09:54:48AM +0000, Waibel Georg wrote:
> In case the requested gpio property is not found in the device tree, some
> callers of gpiod_get_from_of_node() expect a return value of NULL, others
> expect -ENOENT.
> In particular devm_fwnode_get_index_gpiod_from_child() expects -ENOENT.
> Currently it gets a NULL, which breaks the loop that tries all
> gpio_suffixes. The result is that a gpio property is not found, even
> though it is there.

Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>

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